George Ekeh

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George Ekeh
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-10) 10 July 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Festac Town, Lagos State, Nigeria [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Indian Telephone Industries [2]
?–2002 [3] Indian Telephone Industries [4]
2002–2003 [5] Mohun Bagan [3]
Stade Tunisien
2005–20xx [6] Carlstad United BK [7]
20xx–2007 [8] Churchill Brothers S.C. [9] [6] [10]
2008–2009 [11] Gröndals IK (8)
2009–2010 Arameisk-Syrianska IF [11] [12] (4)
2010 Atlantis FC
2011 Örebro Syrianska IF [13] (9)
2012 [14] Bangkok Glass F.C. [15]
Delta Örebro IF [16]
Vivalla SK [17]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Ekeh (born 10 July 1980) is a Nigerian-Swedish former footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

Ekeh was born in Festac Town, Lagos State, Nigeria.

India

Ekeh scored hat-tricks twice for Mohun Bagan, scoring all his team's goals in a 3–3 draw with JCT in 2002 [18] and a 3–1 victory over defending champion HAL in 2003. [19] In September 2003, however, he complained that Mohun Bagan had not paid him the amount they owed him, taking the case to FIFA, which ordered the Mariners to pay the Nigerian the $6500 he was due. [20]

In 2007, he played as a forward for Churchill Brothers. [21]

Finland

Ekeh topped the scoring charts of the 2010 Kakkonen with Atlantis by May 2010, scoring nine goals. [22]

Personal life

He is the brother of Emmanuel and Charles Ekeh Kingsley Ekeh. [1] He is also uncle to Ekeh Manuchimso.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 The Boys From Festac Thy Glory O' Nigeria..!
  2. Season ending transfers 1999 Archived 17 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine IndianFootball.Com
  3. 1 2 Season ending transfers 2002 IndianFootball.Com
  4. Season ending transfers 2001 IndianFootball.Com
  5. Season ending transfers 2003 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine IndianFootball.Com
  6. 1 2 Rapport inför Div. 1 Södra SvenskaFans.com
  7. Silly Season Carlstad United SvenskaFans.com
  8. Season ending transfers 2007 IndianFootball.Com
  9. Season ending transfers 2006 IndianFootball.Com
  10. Churchill storm into quarters - George Ekeh nets a brace in 3-0 win over Air India The Telegraph (Calcutta)
  11. 1 2 Västerås vinner ettan dt.se
  12. Arameiska/Syrianska ännu obesegrade i årets serie Mitt i Botkyrka Salem
  13. George Ekeh klar för Örebro Syrianska Örebro Syrianska IF
  14. Transfers Thai Premier League 2012-2013 Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Thai Fussball
  15. กระต่ายแก้ว ไม่หยุดช็อปเซ็น จอร์จ เอ็คเค่ หอกไนจีเรียเสริมคม [ usurped ] Smmsport
  16. Statistik - Div. 5 Herrar Fogis.se
  17. George Ekeh i målform när Vivalla vann mot Bobby Nerikes Allehanda
  18. Bagan draw despite Ekeh hattrick The Telegraph (Calcutta)
  19. George Ekeh's hat-trick helps Bagan beat HAL Rediff.com
  20. Fifa order on Bagan again The Telegraph (Calcutta)
  21. "NFL: Churchill hold Mahindra United". The Times of India . 31 March 2007.
  22. uutiset 1.-31.5.2010 - George Veikkauspörssin kärjessä Atlantis FC